Letter: Open letter to the National Rifle Association

I am writing this letter to express a concern I have. It has become clear that you have in your possession something that belongs to the people of the United States of America - our Congress.

Universal background checks is something that surveys show 91 percent of the people of the country would like to have in place. A limit on magazine capacity is also something a majority of the population would like to see in place.

You, a small organization, have been able to frighten and paralyze the "strongest" government in the history of the world. You are able to use our Congress more effectively than "we the people" could have ever hoped to.

It is disgusting that the only thing that will have happened in response to the massacre and mutilation of 20 little children is that the NRA and its sponsors will have been able to capitalize, literally, on those little bodies. Bullets will be worth more than gold soon if things continue at this pace.

On second thought, I'm not sure we will want this Congress back. Without values, it retains no value, and by doing the unredeemable there can be no return for the deposit.

Maybe we will let you have this Congress and resolve to get ourselves a new one in 2014.

Louie Campos

Visalia

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Letter: Open letter to the National Rifle Association

I am writing this letter to express a concern I have. It has become clear that you have in your possession something that belongs to the people of the United States of America ? our Congress.